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Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.
Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.
The guns and bombs, the rockets and the warships, all are symbols of
human failure.
The guns and bombs, the rockets and the warships, all are symbols of
human failure.
Come to the edge/ No, we will fall/ Come to the edge/ No, we will fall/
They came./ He pushed read more
Come to the edge/ No, we will fall/ Come to the edge/ No, we will fall/
They came./ He pushed them. And they flew.
When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at
his rock perhaps a hundred times read more
When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at
his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.
Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was
not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.
A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.
A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.
All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.
All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.
He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.
He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.
The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an
invitation to dinner without giving read more
The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an
invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.
